Friday night on HBO’s “Real Time with Bill Maher,” host Bill Maher dedicated the final part of his weekly “New Rules” segment to the group Focus on the Family and other conservative Christians, asking them, “Is Jesus just dicking you around?” “If you’re doing God’s work and God is perfect,…
America the Gutted: Documentary (via NewsLook) As American jobs move overseas, workers abroad move into the middle class. But a globalized economy makes for a tenuous existence…
Friday night on “The Rachel Maddow Show,” host Rachel Maddow welcomed “Up with Chris Hayes” host Chris Hayes for a discussion about the unraveling of the hype surrounding vice presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI), as well as the conservative “small government” myth, which Hayes called an argument for “suckers.”…
Bill Maher welcomed right-wing pundit Ann Coulter to his show Real Time Friday to discuss her latest book, which contends that “real racism” ended after the Civil Rights Act of 1964. “Who would know better about that than a blonde girl from Connecticut?” Maher asked, rhetorically. In her book, Coulter…
Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney and running-mate Paul Ryan hold a campaign rally in Lancaster, Ohio. Watch live coverage below, via NBC News. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
Though a majority of Americans believe in global warming, Bill Moyers said — 74% percent, according to a new study by Yale University and George Mason University — the topic has been curiously absent from the U.S. presidential elections. But on this week’s Moyers & Company, he discussed some of…
A 23-year-old Dallas woman received a sentence of 99 years on Friday for charges related to beating her toddler and gluing the child’s hands to the wall. According to the Associated Press, Elizabeth Escalona was arrested after authorities reported her in September 2011 because police reported she “kicked her daughter…
Vice President Joe Biden holds a campaign rally in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Watch live, broadcast on NBC News on Oct. 12. Visit msnbc.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy…
CNN contributor and RedState.com editor Erick Erickson finally got a taste of journalistic pushback on Friday morning, in the form of a smiling Soledad O’Brien. The CNN morning host confronted the conservative talker over a Twitter post he wrote Thursday night, attacking Martha Raddatz, moderator of Thursday’s vice presidential debate,…